A Case Of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis As A Confusing Reason Of Positive FDG/PET

2016-05-02T20-00-54Z
Source: National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine
Şeref Demirbaş*, Musa Barış Aykan*, Erol Arslan*, Kenan Sağlam*, Kurşat Okuyucu**.
Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare disease and characterized by the presence of fibrous and inflammatory retroperitoneal tissue. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG/PET)is a beneficial methods for inflammatory dieseases. We presented here a case of 40 year old woman with idiopathic retroperitoenal fibrosis which detected high SUVmax level (21.4) on FDG/PET and had high erythrocyte sedimentatiton rate (140mm/h). If high SUVmax is detected, histologic confirmation is necessary to exclude malignancies [Arslan E NJIRM 2016; 7(2):123-125]


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